4 Rifle Cartridges to Consider Before the Hunting Season
Posted by GunBroker.com on May 11th, 2021
A high-quality rifle is vital for a hunting successfully, but exceptional rifles exist from many different manufacturers, chambered in a variety of cartridges. Everyone has to find the rifle that works best for them, their preferences, and their situation. The type of game you are hunting and the conditions where you hunt should guide your decision-making when it comes to cartridges. Consider finding a suitable, high-quality rifle chambered for some of the following cartridges before the autumn hunting season begins.
204 Ruger
The 204 Ruger is widely considered the velocity king. This humble bullet features blazing ballistics with less recoil, heat, and powder than virtually anything in the same velocity class. Despite those next-level velocities and trajectories, the 204 Ruger is generally considered small for anything deer-sized and up. As a varmint caliber, however, there is little that can touch it.
243 Winchester
In a number of U.S. states and the U.K., the 243 Winchester is considered the smallest deer-legal cartridge. That is not to say that it is underpowered for deer. As long as someone can dependably put a bullet where they want it to go with a 243 rifle, the 243 Winchester is among the most popular and effective deer cartridges. Part of that popularity is based on its high velocity to low recoil ratio. That combination makes the 243 Winchester a great hunting cartridge for younger hunters and hunters who do not like recoil.
30 06 Springfield
Although the 243 Winchester was not introduced until the middle of the 20th century, it can seem downright newfangled compared to the venerable 30 06 Springfield cartridge. The “06” in its name refers to 1906, the year the U.S. Army adopted it. Despite the cartridge being well over a century old, the 30 06 rifle remains among the most storied and popular hunting long guns in existence. It is also a powerful cartridge, effective for taking deer and elk. Modern bullet technology makes the 30 06 Springfield a capable cartridge for game that is larger still when in the right hands.
338 Winchester Magnum
Even among the most capable hunters and shooters, however, sometimes there is game that calls for something more. For example, a great proportion of the hunting and fishing guides operating in Alaskan grizzly territory carry a rifle chambered in 338 Winchester Magnum. While the cartridge is the same length as the 30 06 Springfield, it is considerably more powerful. In addition to being popular for hunting the largest North American game animals, including grizzly, it is widely considered sufficient for effectively stopping charging grizzly. That pretty much says it all about the 338 Winchester Magnum’s power.
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